A:
Abominable Snowman- Big, human-like body, white fur, big feet
Anansi- Often takes the form of a spider??? (idk lol)
B:
Banshee- Could appear as withered old hag or supernaturally beautiful women (idk)
Black-eyed children- aliens (or whatever) that take the form of a child, but their eyes are black and soulless
Bigfoot- Big monkey
Bogeyman- ????? Idk lol
Behemoth- Lol idk
C:
Centaur- half-horse half-man (I think)
Cerberus- Three-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld
Chupacabra- Bear-like, hairless beast with spikes????
Cyclopes- Big hairy, ugly giant with one eye
D:
Demon- an evil spirit from hell that tries to take over a humans body???
Doppelganger- Someone or something that looks (or closely resembles) another person
Dragon- Giant, fire-breathing lizards (Godzilla with wings basically)
Dwarf- Short, humanoid who is usually skilled in mining??
E:
Elf- Pointy-eared humanoids, doesn't age (or ages very slowly)???
F:
Fairy- Small, flying humanoid with magic
Frankenstein- Hideous monster made from diseased body parts??
G:
Ghost- Spirits of the dead that still remain in the realm of the living?
Gnome- Small, humanoid creature who lives underground?
Goblin- A hideous and troublesome little creature who has a strong greed for gold?
Golem- An animated, human-shaped creature made of stone
Gorgon- Snakes instead of hair and scaly skin, humanoid, can turn a person into stone with its sight
Griffin- Has the body of a lion, tail of a snake, head and wings of an eagle
Grim Reaper- Death itself, comes to take your soul to the afterlife
Goatman- A man with the head of a goat, probably evil
H:
Hydra- nine-headed (number can vary), gigantic water-like-snake that grows 2 new heads when 1 is cut off.
Hybrid- Idk how to describe it. 2 or more creatures merged together.
I:
Imp- ?
J:
Jersey Devil- Often described as having hooves, snake's tail, bat wings, head that looks like a horse?
Jackalope- Body of a rabbit and antlers of a deer?
K:
Kelpie- Shape-shifting water-horse that is deadly
Kraken- Giant Squid or Octopus
Krampus- Evil version of Santa lol, often has chains and drags kids away to hell when they've been naughty at Christmas
Kirin- Body is partially or fully covered in scaled, is often shaped like a horse, ox, or deer. Has cloven hooves.
L:
Leprechauns- Small, bearded men who have a pot of gold sometimes????
Loch Ness Monster- Lol idk
Lamia: Child-eating monster, half-woman, half snake
M:
Manticore- Lion's body and human head??
Medusa- Basically a Gorgon, but Medusa is a woman lol
Mermaid- Head and torso of a female, tail of a fish
Minotaur- Part-man, part-bull?
Mothman- Winged creature in the shape of a man, and red eyes
Mongolian Death Worm- Slimy red worm with fangs
Megalodon- Gigantic shark
Merhorse- A hybrid between a horse and a seahorse
N:
Naga: Half-human half-serpent
O:
Ogre- come on, we all know what ogres are. Shrek.
Orc- idk????????
P:
Pegasus- Winged horse
Phoenix- A flaming fire bird that bursts into flames when at the end of it's life, but gets reborn
Q:
??????
R:
?????
S:
Shapeshifters- Creatures that can take the form of anything they please, for example: A human into a bird
Siren: Man-eating beautiful women that lure men into the ocean with their voices/singing and drown them (or eat them)
T:
Thunderbird- Said to create thunder by flapping its wings
Troll- Large and ugly beast-like monster
U:
Unicorns- Magical horse with a single horn in the centre of its forehead
V:
Vampire- Blood-sucking weird creature that only comes out at night
W:
Wendigo- Evil spirit that possesses a human and turns them into cannibals?
Werewolf- A creature that takes the form of a human in the day, but at night (Mostly on a full-moon) they turn into a wolf-like creature
Wolpertinger- Basically has the body of a rabbit with wings and antlers
Wyvern- They have 2 legs, is dragon-like but smaller, and a barbed tail
X:
?????
Y:
Yakshas: Idk
Z:
Zombie- the dead that have come back to life and in most tales, eat brains. Also known as the living dead
I will try and draw some of these too
That's all I know for now! Please suggest some more ;-;
And maybe tell me the description of the ones I don't know lol
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